Friday, January 22nd 2021, 6:47 am
By: Colby Thelen
Students, teachers, and staff in Oklahoma schools can now report threats with a text.
The State Department of Education partnered with the Oklahoma School Security Institute to create the platform they hope will bring students into the conversation through communication in the digital age.
A tip line has long been in place, but it s a 1-800 number and not everyone was utilizing it.
We were missing a demographic, a key component with the tip line, says Jon Parker, the executive director for the Office of School Safety and Security. We were missing the students and we had to meet them on their platform. They needed to be able to text.